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Voicetab and Tata DOCOMO launch Tutor on Mobile
As the name of the service suggests, people in India now can easily connect with a tutor via their mobile phones. According to the press release Tutor on Mobile (TOM), a partnership between the Indian...
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First Screenshots of the upcoming Khan Academy iPad App
John Resig, the Dean of Open Source and head of JavaScript development at Khan Academy posted three screenshots of the upcoming iPad app not on Facebook, not on Twitter but on Google+. The screenshots...
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EDUKWEST #67 with Corey Thompson of Naiku
Just before my holidays in Istanbul I had the pleasure of talking with Corey Thompson, co-founder and CEO of Naiku which translates to “teacher” in Indonesian. Naiku empowers teachers to asses each...
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Voxy raises another $2.8 million – expands to Brazil
The 360° mobile learning solution Voxy just raised another $2.8 million from its current investor ff Asset Management joined by Seavest Inc., a private investment firm with a strategic focus on...
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Have an idea for a Learning Application? Pearson is interested.
There are still two days to register for the Pearson innov8 competition. If you are a teacher, student or app developer with a great idea for an application that makes learning better, Pearson is not...
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YongoPal hits the iTunes App Store – Let the Culture Sharing Begin
YongoPal, a startup I have had the chance to accompany from very early on, launched in the iTunes App Store yesterday. If you followed the startup’s history at KirstenWinkler.com and here on EDUKWEST...
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review:ed #9 with Christopher Dawson of ZDNet
Christopher Dawson ZDNet For this last episode of review:ed in 2011 I invited Christopher Dawson, contributing editor at ZDNet and Vice President of Business Development at WizIQ. Chris has a long...
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review:ed #9 with Christopher Dawson of ZDNet [Audio]
review:ed Episode #9 recorded: December 30th 2011 Guest: Christopher Dawson, Contributing Editor ZDNet Play PauseStop HIDE PLAYLIST Show Notes [02:00] How did the economy influence education in 2011...
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Kick off The Year of the Dragon with MindSnacks Mandarin
2011 was a banner year for San Francisco-based mobile learning startup and EDUKWEST favorite, MindSnacks. Among many exciting accomplishments, their addictive language learning applications were named...
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babbel.com enters US Market through Acquisition of PlaySay
Now that is indeed something that does not happen everyday. A German startup acquires an US based startup for parts, in this case language learning startup babbel.com from Berlin the user base of San...
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busuu shows that Mobile Learners really exist
This week busuu made the news having achieved 20 million downloads. And while this surely is a nice number we all (should) know that vanity numbers alone don’t say anything about your business. Just...
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Qualcomm works on a Blueprint for Mobile Education to Offset Shrinking...
Chipmaker Qualcomm announced the acquisition of mobile learning platform EmpoweredU for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2011, EmpoweredU pivoted and changed names several times before settling on its...
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EDBRIEF: More than 80% of Students use Mobile Technology to Study
According to a report from McGraw-Hill Education, the use of mobile devices for studying was on the rise in 2013 and 2014. 81% of the 1,700 college students surveyed used mobile devices like...
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